Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Shriek
shriek, n. [Parallel to screak, v. < ON possibly echoic.]
Loud games; high-pitched laughter; [fig.] grief; keening; death cry.
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shriek, n. [Parallel to screak, v. < ON possibly echoic.]
Loud games; high-pitched laughter; [fig.] grief; keening; death cry.
Return to page 36 of the letter “s”.